Kate Moss testified in May that her former boyfriend Johnny Depp never 'pushed me, kicked me or threw me down any stairs'. Photo: AFP
British supermodel Kate Moss said she believes “in the truth” as she explained why she testified in support of Johnny Depp during his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.
Moss testified in May that her former boyfriend Depp never “pushed me, kicked me or threw me down any stairs,” responding to a rumor that Heard referenced earlier in the trial.
In a new interview on the BBC Radio 4 show Desert Island Discs, Moss said she believes “in fairness and justice”.
“I know the truth about Johnny,” Moss said during the conversation, which was shared online Sunday (July 24). “I know he never kicked me down the stairs. I had to say that truth.”
Depp won the highly publicised trial over Heard, with a seven-member jury saying Depp should receive US$15mil in damages. That amount was lowered to US$10.35mil due to punitive damages being capped at US$350,000 in Virginia, where the six-week trial took place.
The 59-year-old Depp had sued for US$50mil, claiming he was defamed by a 2018 op-ed in which Heard described herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse”. Heard didn’t name Depp in the op-ed but had previously accused him of domestic violence, which he denies.
Heard, 36, filed a US$100mil counterclaim over a Depp attorney painting her abuse allegations as a hoax. She was awarded US$2mil in that countersuit.
The actors married in 2015, with Heard filing for divorce a little over a year later.
Moss, who dated Depp from 1994 to 1998, testified during the final week of the trial via livestream video. She told the jury that she once slid down a stairway and hurt her back during a rainy day in Jamaica.
“(Depp) came running back to help me and carried me to my room and got me medical attention,” Moss, 48, said at the time.
Following the trial, Heard called the verdict “a setback” for women. Last Thursday, Heard’s legal team filed a notice of appeal, with a spokesman saying they believe “the court made errors that prevented a just and fair verdict.”
Depp’s team filed a notice of appeal on Friday for the US$2mil judgment awarded to Heard in her countersuit. - New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
